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What the ultra-Orthodox leadership failed to understand is that the Israeli society has changed.

And now here is the number one question.

Does the center left once more to defeat Netanyahu as a prime minister, or to replace the ultra-Orthodox

parties as the kingmakers. Does he want to change the king-makers or the king itself? Because

demographically speaking, it doesn't work. You cannot form a coalition without both the messianic

so-called Smotrich and Ben-Gvier, the corrupt Netanyahu, and the

unbearable alt-Orthodox parties.30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16th in New York City. It is 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16th in Israel,

where much has unfolded politically within the past two days. On Monday evening, the Haredi parties

Degel Ha Torah and Agudat Israel left Prime Minister

Netanyahu's government, bringing the coalition, the Natanyahu-led coalition, down from 68 seats to 61 seats,

the smallest possible majority in the 120-seat Knesset.

Just hours ago, in a highly symbolic move, the Shas party, another Haredi coalition party,

announced its resignation from the government, but not from the coalition.

We will explain the distinction.

The reason we are seeing these parties withdraw from the coalition is, of course, the hotly

contested issue of the Haredi, the ultra-Orthodox withdraw from the coalition is, of course, the hotly contested

issue of the Harady, the ultra-Orthodox exemption from service in the IDF. On Monday, the party's

leaders were presented with a draft of a new Harati conscription bill, which they say did not

satisfy their demands for military draft exemption for Hararedi, ultra-Orthodox,

youth. Keep in mind, though, the resignations take 48 hours to come into effect, meaning that

Natanyahu has time, in theory at least he has time, to prevent DeGel Hattora and Agudadj Israel

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